feedback and suggestions (new player)

[holografix]

Hello there! Fallen in love with the game on first sight but only recently could get into it. Anyways, here's some feedback. Some I would consider essential and would love to see it implemented into Kenshi, some would maybe only make it into Kenshi 2?


HIGH PRIO

[balance] So I set up base in Heng and basically I can completely loot the premium weapons trader every night if I'm not mistaken. This basically invalidates my plans of being a hemp farmer or anything else really. Why does he restock so quickly? It should be like 2 weapons added per day. Also I would like to have his guards do night shifts for a couple of days (which I might have witnessed for a day at least?)

[misc]
- when dismantling a container its contents should not disappear but be put on the ground
- alt clicking an item drops it on the floor like now but dragging an item into the world should place it at exactly that location. you should be able to put items onto shelves etc, like they are found within the world

[UI]
- I think it would be nice to have more info on holding alt, specifically about characters. That is names, chat bubble indicator for chattable characters, and infight some sort of vague health indicator, summarizing all health bars (something like 4 states: completely healthy, damaged, critical, incapacitated). But also names of objects would be nice (lootable containers and such). You could make it a setting of what do display on holding alt.
- item tooltip of mats should display the amount you own
- when a highlighted character is gaining xp for a skill, display a progress bar! also display a notification on level up (also when not highlighted).
- a COMPASS!!!

MEDIUM PRIO

[UI]
- when buying backpacks, display the amount of slots
- hold shift over an item to compare to equipped slot
- hostility indicator on npcs. not sure if this is a design choice or not though.
- also more info on factions ingame would be nice. again, could be design choice to make lore explorable?
- a storage container setting to make it available to AI (take food when hungry or components when crafting). currently as a workaround you must drop mats on the floor?!

[misc]
- fix currently vendors refusing service for the whole squad after being stolen from, not for the specific thief
- fix pathing when talking to a vendor over the counter. you can manually position yourself in front of the counter but when right clicking from away the character walks around the counter


RANDOM SUGGESTIONS

- being able to create custom waypoints and draw custom routes on map
- being able to name storage containers
- most vendors should not buy everything, only the item category they are trading. bartender could be buying a wider range (but have less cats available)
- bandits should loot cats (like 80% or so, all they can find on you). To prevent losing a lot you should be able to deposit cats at a bank
- being able to switch off lights (for stealing). npcs will switch them back on, just like they re-open doors.
- some sort of fog of war, or displaying names for discovered areas, to indicate where the player has been before (since some locations are just discovered via buying maps)
- this is something I would have liked to see in many games: some weaker enemies will flee from your mere presence after bad past experiences (for factions, or in general for wild life. this could also enable the option of adding weak wild life for a hunting career path)

I will maybe add more as I play.

[Hatsune_Neko]

would have to be for Kenshi 2 only.
all development has ceased on the first game since 2019. bug fixing ended mid 2024.

all game suggestions will have to be for the 2nd game.